http://www.etbscreenwriting.com An Emotional Toolbox Website Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:28:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a great piece by Moviefone.  What are your worst of the worst 25 Rom Coms? When the Moviefone staff started trying to name the worst romantic comedies of all time, the discussion quickly got heated. Is 'The Sweetest Thing' a crass, tasteless mess or an underrated gem? What's worse, ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/terrible-romantic-comedies/ A UCLA Screenwriting Professor colleague sent me this description of his workshop in Spain.  Interesting possibilities to rework your script. It’s no secret that every script that makes it to the screen gets rewritten multiple times.  In an informal poll I took at a WGA conference on rewriting, most screenwriters (among ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/guest-post-by-paul-chitlik/ Two of the most talked about characters in Oscar-nominated pictures this year are emotionally damaged men deployed to handle bombs in people's lives.  Their approaches to this assignment are very different. In Up in Air, Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) uses platitudes and a smooth, calm, professional manner to defuse the explosive ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/two-oscar-contenders-up-in-the-air-and-the-hurt-locker/ We all know a great logo when we see one.  Creating one is a different story entirely.  It has take me several month to go through the logo process and come out with something I am very excited about in the end. The first step in the process was an RFP ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/beyond-lemonade-logo-proposal-meetings/ Former Bruin joins internet fad By Ilse Escobar Feb. 16, 2010 at 12:47 a.m. An increasing number of people do not watch their favorite TV programs on their televisions anymore, but on their computers, which is why major studios such as FremantleMedia are hiring writers such as Laurie Hutzler, an alumna of the ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/beyond-lemonade-daily-bruin-article/ Freelance writers will find Reporter Connection to be their new best friend. Sometimes you don’t where to find experts to interview for your book, radio show, or website. Reporter Connection connects you to experts within seconds. I’ve used Reporter Connection three times and have been blown away by the responses I ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/free-writing-research-site/ It's rare for a creative person to be on the other side of the desk— evaluating pitches instead of doing the pitching.  I had that opportunity this week when we were hiring people for some creative elements for my online series. Here are six lessons I learned sitting on the other ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/beyond-lemonade-keys-to-pitching/ This is from a friend Gilles Chiasson-- I am writing to share my experience running The Actors Gym, an ongoing workshop for working writers and actors that meets on Monday nights at the Asylum Theatre in Hollywood, because I take great pride in the work we do there every week. The Gym ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/the-actors-gym/ Great Romantic Comedies seem increasingly hard to come by.  Some of the most beloved box office hits of all time are of the Boy Meets Girl variety.  It's hard to live up to the standards of  The Philadelphia Story (Katherine Hepburn & Cary Grant) or more recently, As Good As ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/romantic-comedy-pitfalls-recent-films/ It's not too unusual these days to find DVDs for sale in supermarket chains. But how about a supermarket chain that actually creates and produces its own movies that are available only at its respective stores? Talk about synergy. Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket group, is partnering with a media firm ... http://www.etbscreenwriting.com/supermarket-to-offer-original-films/